General Chat

my cat is a thoughtful cat.he doesn't crap in anybody elses garden just ours!!!!!!xxxx(:

Hi Brian, I don't know about the answers about getting a dog so you don't get cats going in your garden. I cetainly know about having a dog and cleaning up after him so if you don't want animal droppings - don't get a dog!

Just sit up all night with a water pistol, they only need 'shooting' a couple of times and they behave perfectly. I trained my 3 cats this way, now they don't go in my garden anymore they use the neighbours. Sorry......smile.

I really wouldn't recommend moth balls or napthalene flakes . They are toxic and harmful to cats and the environment. You really don't want poison getting into the soil or water system. Sometimes, having your own male cat will keep the others at bay. Crista

I have a litter tray in the cellar (which they use) and my cats are locked in at night. I know it's not nice but the cats are only doing the natural thing. I think all the dog crap on the pavements and playing fields is far worse. The owners know that it's happened. Bob

Brian, I'm a cat owner and my cats always use my garden - don't have a problem with other cats tho. Another couple of suggestions: - old tea bags soaked in eucalyptus oil buried just beneath the soil. - alot of work involved, but can try laying some plastic garden mesh below the surface of soil - gaps can be cut for planting but stops the cats scratching it over. - fill the garden with more shrubby/evergreen plants and groundcover plants to reduce the amount of 'free soil' areas. Covering of chipped bark can deter some cats also...... Lastly, if the child is a budding Alan Titchmarsh, a pair of garden gloves would help - otherwise dont let him play in the flowerbeds (lol - joke) :P All else failing get a dog - cant decided which is the worst option tho - picking up all that dog poo or the odd bit of cat muck!! :O

Brian - last year l put tiny sticks in the soil, about 4-6 inches high, it worked,but then they were being knocked over!! So l brought some plants called Scardy Cat - Coleus Caninus(Plectranthus ornatus), the only prob is it smells,but the cats don't like it so l put up with it. It has grown quite quick;y and this morning l noticed a strange fly trap type pod growing,which l presume has a flower inside.l took a photo of it cause it looks so weird. Jude sarf wales

What annoys me is, my next door neighbour, who I don't get on with, has a cat and shoos it off his own garden and wont allow it to do its business there. As long as it does it on someone elses that OK. Thats only one of the reasons we dont get on!!!!! Margaret

brian i have heard that one of daves about clear plastic bottles full of water and when they see there reflection they run a mile talking of poo i saw a woman scoop up her dog poo put it in a bag and then wait for it put it in her POCKET ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh

I had this problem too and found a big cola bottle full of water helped. That was until the grass grew too long and you couldn't see it! lol

Hi Brian, Anthony is right...moth balls or napthalene flakes do the trick. You can also sprinkle some ground up hot chillies amongst the balls or flakes. I love cats, but not other peoples moggies in my garden. Kaye (Sydney)

Hetty Sanderson. My son is tolerant of his neighbours cats, but what he finds intolerable is their excreta in HIS garden, where his young son comes into contact with it.

yeh they prob scare em away!

i have wind chimes in my garden, don't know if they work though they've been there a long time but i have never seen any cats poo

lion poo lol!!!! must of smelt yummy!!!

I tried lion poo but it didn't work unfortuneately.

or go and put loads of catnip in loads of other peoples gardens so they dont get attracted to yours!!!lol

Hello, I find that moth balls are the best thing they last about three months before needing to be replaced.

David beat me to it - get a dog !! We had a similar problem with the local cats (despite the protestations of the owners (do they follow them all day then ?) that they don't go anywhere apart from their own garden), but since we've had a dog - no problem. Paul

contact the local zoo and ask for some lion poo - its supposed to scare the cats off as its from a bigger breed than them